to be expected

English

Adjective

to be expected (not comparable)

1. likely to happen; typical, predictable

   Some fighting among the siblings is to be expected.

Further reading

• “to be expected”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “it’s (only) to be expected” (US) / “it’s (only) to be expected” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “to be expected”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.